Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith.

Keith Skene, 1858-1919.

Date:: 1889

Credit: Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$not move, even while in bed, without setting up great pain in the pelvis. She can scarcely walk, and she finds that standing is worse than anything else. Menorrhagia is also a prominent symptom. Examination is difficult, on account of great tender- ness, but the pelvis is found to be almost filled with tumour, or tumour combined with surrounding cellular swelling. The sound passes backwards for between 3 and 4 inches. The treatment was carried out before we had Gaiffe's galvanometer. i^th August 1887.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. \^th „ 40 >. » 5 » Was very tired after the first application ; but thinks that she already feels a little better. \jth August—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. igt/i „ 50 » 5 Says that she is decidedly better to-day. 22nd August. —50 milliamperes for 5 minutes. 24th „ 50 » 5 T^rd September.—40 „ ,,5 There has been rather less flow than usual, and there has been a vast improvement in comfort, comparatively little pain, and freedom to walk about a little. $th September.—AO milliamperes for 5 minutes. Walked fully half a mile to-day. Jth September.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. To-day she does not feel so well. ()th September.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. \2th „ 50 5 » 14/// „ 50 » » 5 )' Says that she feels tip-top, and is in such spirits that she had to be strongly warned to be careful. 29th September.—'^o milliamperes for 5 minutes. There has been less discharge, though the lady has been$